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Feb 11, 2021
02/21
Feb 11, 2021
The Lowell City Engineers Collection (1916 -1932) is comprised of photographs documenting the work history of the City Engineers and the Department of Public Works. The City Engineers provide analytical analyses and design, develop plans and specifications, and estimates management, coordination, and construction support for the DPW. These images were created to record road and sidewalk construction and repair and to document Lowell buildings and parks, as well as their demolition or...
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, Lowell (Mass.), city engineers, Engineering Department
2,180
2.2K
Nov 14, 2019
11/19
Nov 14, 2019
The Shuttle or UML Shuttle
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, Lowell (Mass.)
11,149
11K
Nov 3, 2019
11/19
Nov 3, 2019
This collection brings together course catalogs from UMass Lowell and its legacy institutions.
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, Lowell (Mass.)
6,587
6.6K
Oct 31, 2019
10/19
Oct 31, 2019
Butler Ames (1871 - 1954) was born in Lowell, the son of General Adelbert Ames and the grandson of General Benjamin Butler. He was a politician, soldier, engineer, inventor, and businessman. He held the offices of alderman of the city of Lowell, representative in the Massachusetts State Legislature, and congressman in the U. S. House of Representatives. Ames served in the military during The Spanish-American war and World War I, where he was Major General of the Massachusetts State Guard. He...
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, Lowell (Mass.)
1,113
1.1K
Oct 16, 2019
10/19
Oct 16, 2019
LTC is Lowell's community media center and has provided space and tools to individuals, students, seniors, businesses, and non-profit groups to create and share their messages and ideas since 1995! LTC is an independent 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that provides residents of Lowell and Surrounding areas the training and tools to create non-commercial television and radio programming that expresses their viewpoints and perspectives to the community at large. LTC members volunteer their...
Topics: LTC, Lowell (Mass.), UMass Lowell, UML
44,391
44K
Jul 8, 2019
07/19
Jul 8, 2019
This collection is made up of yearbooks, literary magazines, and other materials published by educational institutions in the Greater Lowell, MA area.
Topic: Lowell (Mass.)
21,506
22K
Jun 6, 2019
06/19
Jun 6, 2019
The Text was the official student newspaper of the Lowell Textile School, and its successor schools, the Lowell Textile Institute, and the Lowell Technological Institute.
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, Lowell (Mass.), newspaper
16,236
16K
May 30, 2019
05/19
May 30, 2019
" The Connector is the student newspaper and definitive source of student news at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. All editorial and staff positions are filled by volunteer students." The newspaper is printed by Turley Publications (Palmer, MA) and is distributed free of charge on Tuesdays during the academic year, as well as updated regularly online at umlconnector.com . The newspaper hearkens back to the days of Lowell Textile Institute when the newspaper was known as The...
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, newspaper, student newspaper
8,545
8.5K
Apr 1, 2019
04/19
Apr 1, 2019
The University of Lowell Hang Gliding Club was established in 1974 by faculty member Bill Blood and the late Dr. John Kelly, and was active until the early 1990s. They had events in such places in Claremont, NH and Groton, MA. The club also won several intercollegiate hang gliding competition awards. This collection consists primarily of photo and video of the club's activities, as well as the plans for an experimental graphite hang glider designed by ULowell student and club member Craig...
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, University of Lowell, Lowell (Mass.), Hang Gliding
12,311
12K
Feb 6, 2019
02/19
Feb 6, 2019
Nicola Dickson Sauvage Tsongas served as the Massachusetts 3rd congressional district representative (2007--2019). The Niki Tsongas Social Media Collection was created by UMass Lowell Libraries to supplement ARCHIVEIT's work capturing Tsongas' web presence and focuses on preserving the Congresswoman's Instagram and Flickr accounts. These platforms give a comprehensive representation of her engagement with her constituents and documents public events that she sponsored or attended. In 2018,...
Topic: Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts, Lowell (Mass.)
20,521
21K
Dec 19, 2018
12/18
Dec 19, 2018
This collection of official city documents issued by the City of Lowell, Massachusetts includes the Municipal Register along with the annual reports of the City's various departments and offices; it covers the years 1862 to 1928. All of the city documents were digitized by the Boston Public Library for the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and have been uploaded in high-quality, text searchable PDFs. The original physical copies of the city documents are housed at the UMass Lowell Libraries...
Topics: Lowell (Mass.), City of Lowell, MA, city documents, Massachusetts, UMass Lowell, UML
7,603
7.6K
Dec 19, 2018
12/18
Dec 19, 2018
In September 2009, Chancellor Marty Meehan and Provost Ahmed Abdelal established the Center for Irish Partnerships at UMass Lowell, one of six international partnership centers. The aim of these centers is to strengthen and coordinate ongoing international partnerships as well as to develop new education and research partnerships in areas of the world that pose strategically important opportunities. The Center had four directors: Dr. Frank Talty, Dr. Stephen McCarthy, Professor Ann Marie Hurley...
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, Center for Irish Partnerships, CIP, Lowell (Mass.), Ireland
5,241
5.2K
Nov 21, 2018
11/18
Nov 21, 2018
The earliest incarnation of UMass Lowell, the Lowell Textile School was established in 1897. Modeled after the Polytechnical School at Philadelphia, the school originally opened in three rented rooms on Middle Street in downtown Lowell. The college offered three year diplomas in cotton or wool manufacture, design, or textile chemistry and dyeing. Tuition at the time was one hundred dollars. This collection brings together glass plate negative photographs of the faculty, students, and...
Topics: Lowell Textile Institute, LTI, UMass Lowell, UML
3,608
3.6K
Nov 12, 2018
11/18
Nov 12, 2018
The following images are from the Walter E. Hayes Album. During the early 1900s, Walter Hayes was the chauffeur and groundskeeper of Governor Charles Herbert Allen’s residence “The Terraces” on Rolfe Street [now: University of Massachusetts Lowell, South Campus]. Biography of Charles Herbert Allen 1848-1934: Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 15, 1848, he attended public schools, graduated from Lowell High School and Amherst College, Massachusetts. He engaged in the...
Topics: Lowell (Mass.), Charles Herbert Allen, Puerto Rico, Allen House, The Terraces, UMass Lowell, UML,...
22,392
22K
Nov 12, 2018
11/18
Nov 12, 2018
When Lowell’s Little Canada neighborhood was torn down in 1964 to make way for urban redevelopment, it represented the end of an era. “L’ptit Canada” was home to French Canadians and their descendants who had settled in Lowell at the turn of the century. Its 325 buildings were populated by over 2500 French Canadians who owned the plurality of the 110 apartments, restaurants, and businesses in the area. In the heart of the city, it was a hub of French Canadian culture....
Topics: Lowell (Mass.), Little Canada, French Canadian
8,023
8.0K
Nov 12, 2018
11/18
Nov 12, 2018
During the summer of 1989, the Camara Family donated a collection of glass plate negatives. These negatives record life in the Portuguese Community circa 1905-1915. The exact identities of the people in the photos remain a mystery; it is believed that the photos depict members of the Portuguese community who came to Lowell from the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, and continental Portugal. Like many immigrants to Lowell, the Portuguese came looking for jobs. They found employment in the textile...
Topic: Portuguese Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell
7,762
7.8K
Aug 24, 2018
08/18
Aug 24, 2018
After World War I (1914-1918), the New England textile industry began to deteriorate and many of Lowell’s textile companies moved south, merged, or closed creating a severely depressed economy by 1930s. In 1936, there were only 8,000 people employed in Lowell’s textile industry (the same as in 1836 compared to 22,000 in 1920). The nationwide depression in the late 1930s, forced the demolition of entire mill buildings or removal of sections to reduce the tax burden of these massive...
Topics: Lowell (Mass.), urban renewal, urban redevelopment
8,658
8.7K
Jul 21, 2018
07/18
Jul 21, 2018
A collection of materials from UMass Lowell Libraries Collections, documenting the architectural history of the UMass Lowell campuses. Files include, photographs, drawings, surveys, and Cultural and Architectural reports ranging in date from the 1890’s to the present.
Topics: UMass Lowell, UML, Architecture
6,981
7.0K
Jul 16, 2018
07/18
Jul 16, 2018
Patrick "Pat" M. Malone is an industrial archaeologist and historian of technology. He holds a B.S. in General Engineering and History, and a Ph.D. in history. He is Professor Emeritus of American Civilization and Urban Studies and Director of the Urban Studies Program. His primary interests are the urban built environment and the history of industrial communities. This collection of slide transparencies, the majority of which were taken in the Merrimack Valley between the...
Topics: Lowell (Mass.), urban architecture, locks, canals, industrial architecture
9,627
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Apr 26, 2018
04/18
Apr 26, 2018
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El G. and Arthur G. Vozeolas
From the 1940s to the 1970s, Lowell, MA brothers, El and Arthur Vozeolas made their own home-grown documentary films with 8mm and 16mm cameras as they attended civic events, football games and other major events in Lowell, and elsewhere. Working with their family, El Vozeolas donated the films to UMass Lowell, which preserved and digitized them in conjunction with the Hellenic Culture and Heritage Society. The project was funded in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council,...
Topics: Lowell (Mass.), home movies, film
14,208
14K
Feb 15, 2018
02/18
Feb 15, 2018
The Greater Lowell Oral History Collection is a compilation of oral history interviews from several oral history projects conducted by the Center for Lowell History, the Lowell National Historical Park, the Lowell Historical Society, the Library of Congress, as well as many other organizations that focus on the residents of the Greater Lowell, Massachusetts area, their culture, and their history. Sub-collections: After the Last Generation: Lowell's Textile Workers, 1958-1998, Part I After the...
Topics: oral history, Lowell (Mass.)
132,649
133K
Sep 2, 2017
09/17
Sep 2, 2017
This collection brings together historical and contemporary periodicals such as literary magazines, yearbooks, course catalogs, and other relevant material published by UMass Lowell and its legacy institutions from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.
Topics: educational periodicals, yearbooks, literary magazines, literary periodicals, literary...
218,934
219K
Jun 27, 2017
06/17
Jun 27, 2017
This collection brings together digitized copies of historical and contemporary newspapers from the Greater Lowell, Massachusetts area, including newspapers put out by schools, clubs, and other organizations beyond the traditional sources. All copies on here are available in high-quality, text searchable PDFs .
Topics: newspapers, merrimack valley, lowell massachusetts, umass lowell, uml
37,476
37K
Jun 23, 2017
06/17
Jun 23, 2017
The UMass Lowell Southeast Asian Digital Archive is a community-centered archive of cultural heritage materials from Southeast Asian American communities in the greater Lowell, Mass., region. SEADA homepage: https://www.uml.edu/research/SEA-digital-archive/ UMass Lowell Libraries and Archival Collections main page: https://archive.org/details/@umass_lowell_libraries_and_archival_collections
Topics: southeast asia, digital archives, indochina, refugees, merrimack valley, lowell, massachusetts,...
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